Of all the Hojo Regents he was the wisest and justest, and was known far and wide among the people for his deeds of mercy.
Nitta's army pressed resistlessly forward, and the Hojo found themselves defeated and their army destroyed.
In a previous tale it has been said that the father of Masago, the beautiful wife of the exiled prince, was named Hojo Tokimasa.
Two families, the Hojo and the Ashikaga, successively held the shogunate down to the year 1573.
The same was the case with the mikados, who were also creatures of the Hojo clan.
